Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (1604-July 1657) was an Irish nobleman and Cavalier leader during the English Civil War.

Biography
Ulrick Burke was born in 1604, the son of Richard Burke, 5th Earl of Clanricarde. Ulick was from a Gaelicized family of Normans that had remained loyal to Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Irish rebellions, and he was summoned to the House of Lords in 1628. In 1640, he assisted King Charles I of England in crushing a Scottish uprising, and he led Cavalier forces during the English Civil War's spillover in Ireland. After James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde fled the country in December 1650, Burke took over the royalist forces in Ireland, and his army was wiped out at Meelick Island. In 1652, Burke made peace with Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarians, and he lost his lands in 1652. He died in 1657.